paul querna - libcloud

Apache LibcloudPaul Querna, Chief Architect, Cloudkick

June 22, 2010

Friday, June 25, 2010

I want a server.


I want a server right now.


Libcloud is about Compute

• Not SaaS, PaaS, or Cloud Storage


Why!?!?

• Amazon: XML + Custom HMAC Auth

• Rackspace: JSON + Auth Tickets

• SoftLayer: XML RPC + User / Password


Cloud API Standards

• Haven’t worked.


16 Providers


Simple APIs

• list_nodes()

• reboot_node()

• destroy_node()

• create_node()


Tricks!

• Included data:

• Location

• Price-per-hour in USD

• Cheapest 4 gigabyte node outside the US


Code on Slides, at Ignite!possible = []for d in drivers: loc = filter(lambda x: x.country != 'US',

d.list_locations()) for l in loc: sizes = filter(lambda x: x.ram >= 4096, d.list_sizes(l)) for s in sizes: possible.append({'size': s,

'location': l, 'driver': d})

best = sorted(possible, lambda x,y:x['size'].price < y['size'].price)[0]

print best


Don’t update that Wiki!

• pssh on list list_nodes()


Fabric + Libcloud

$ fab hostname[173.45.245.33] run: hostname[173.45.245.33] out: lctest3.k1k.me[173.45.245.32] run: hostname[173.45.245.32] out: lctest2.k1k.me

Done.Disconnecting from 173.45.245.33... done.Disconnecting from 173.45.245.32... done.


Building on Top

• Silver Lining: Python Deployment on the Cloud


Building on Top

• Mercury: Drupal Deployment on the Cloud


Up Next

• No World Domination, just clouds


Image Formats

• Standards haven’t worked (yet!)


Multiple Languages

• Java experiment started


It’s Open Source


Related Projects

• JClouds: Java-world-equivalent

• Apache Deltacloud: Ruby-ish equivalent


• Apache Libcloud:

http://libcloud.org/

#libcloud on Freenode IRC

• Slides online:

http://paul.querna.org/slides


http://libcloud.org

http://libcloud.org



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